this morning, as mark and i were walking a group of friends around buena vista on a little tour, my friend greg asked if there are any 12x12 houses we could show them. we happened to be standing right in front of the entrance into Dona Juana's house, so i said sure - lets go visit Juana and you guys can see a "before" and "after", since their old cornstalk home is still up, being used as a kitchen.
Juana is an elderly widow, no parents, kids, brothers, sisters, aunts or uncles. she has no one. in the last stages of cancer, she battles with chronic pain. her skin is being eaten away, and her nose has literally fallen off of her face.
when we found her, she was on her porch in tears. she was having a terrible day. she was banging on her head with her hands, saying the pain wont stop. she began crying out to God, "please just come and take me home". it was as miserable as i had ever seen her.
a week or two ago, i had gotten an email from my dad, saying that my mom had asked him for a unique gift for her birthday. instead of a present, she asked if he would "send brock some money to start a 'Dona Juana Fund' that could be used as needed for medicine."
as Juana was crying, scratching her body, and banging her head... i remembered the fund. i called Dr. Carlos and asked if he could come out and treat her. he arrived right away, cleaned out her nose, gave her a shot for pain, and started her on a 5 day antibiotic treatment.
when i got home, it struck me that today - january 11 - is my moms birthday.
2 comments:
AMAZING!!! What a birthday gift. God's timing is perfect.
God and His mysterious ways... Glory to Him!
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